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Chesterfield, SC

Feb 17, 2008

'A better option'

“There's a familiarity with the military”

State's poorer counties prove fertile military recruiting area

DILLON -- Joining the Army seemed like the right thing to do for Carson Turner's 17-year-old son.

'The Army would be a better option for him than sticking around town and trying to find something,' Turner said.

Turner's son, Matt, is like many young people in Dillon County, where one in 10 workers is jobless.

In part due to the lack of local job prospects, the county's young people sign up to join the Army at a rate three times higher than the state average, an analysis of recruiting statistics shows. Read more

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